PLAYER NAME: Xy
CONTACT: assemble
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GAME?: Rakel says I can be her +1!

CHARACTER: Evan "Buck" Buckley
CANON: 9-1-1
CANON POINT: Season 6, episode 12 in which Buck is recovering from a coma (I couldn't find a rule on new canons, if he needs to be from a canon point over a month old then s6 e9 is fine, he won't have been in a coma which is the only major change)

BACKGROUND:

The wiki only goes up through season 3 so some bullet point additions (spoilers beyond season 3):
-Buck's parents come to visit, which he actively hates as they were not good parents growing up. Maddie confesses that there's a secret, Evan was born specifically to save his brother Daniel, who died of childhood leukemia. His parents never even told him he had a brother.
-Maddie gives birth to Jee-yun, Buck's niece. Later, due to PPD, Maddie leaves Jee with her boyfriend (Chimney) and only Buck knows her whereabouts. Chimney punches him when he finds out, and leaves to go find Maddie.
-Buck joins a treasure hunt with the team and reunites with Taylor, though they have a platonic flirtationship. They eventually get together as a couple.
-Eddie gets shot and Buck regrets not being the one shot in his stead. Eddie tells him that if he dies, he's changed his will to appoint Buck as Chris's legal guardian.
-Eddie and Buck respond to a call in a prison and get held at gunpoint and kidnapped by an escaped prisoner dressed as a guard.
-Taylor moves in with Buck and he confesses to her that he cheated on her by drunkenly kissing another girl, she feels trapped but forgives him. (I really hate this storyline, sorry)
-Eddie leaves the 118 only to join the 911 call center, as Chris is worried for him. Later, he has a PTSD episode and Buck comes over to help him. Eddie gets therapy.
-Chimney returns with Maddie and Eddie returns to the 118.
-Chimney and Hen are put in danger when a paramedic with a hero complex attempts to kill Chimney in his jealousy over Hen. They enlist Taylor's help, and she promises to keep it off the record but then later prints the story. This upsets Buck, because it could have easily put his friends' lives at stake to release the story. They break up.

Season 6 spoilers:
-The Buckley parents come to visit Maddie in her new house.
-Buck is doing his thing again when he's struck by lightning and sent into a coma.
-He is sent into a coma dream whereupon he dreams that Daniel didn't die and that his parents love him. They insist that he can stay in this dream where everyone loves him and things are perfect, but that he didn't join the 118.
-He 'leaves' the coma dream and wakes up in real life, only to find that his parents have done a complete 180 and now profess to care for him.
-He's cleared to join work again, but has some lingering doubts with regard to his coma.

ABILITIES | POWERS:

Baseline human, but he is very physically fit, and has the following skills from his odd jobs:
-Bartender (went to mixology school)
-Surf instructor
-Trained for but did not become a Navy SEAL
-Ranch hand/literal cowboy
-Construction worker
-Trained firefighter
-The show alludes that he has had other random odd jobs and may add some to flesh out his backstory in the future.

And some from his personal life:
-Intermediate cook
-Excellent babysitter

PERSONALITY:

Buck is, in essence, a man with a good heart and good intentions, but who sometimes executes those intentions poorly. By the time the series starts, he's 24, and just finished his training as a firefighter, but before that, he'd spent the last six or so years traveling and taking various jobs throughout the United States and all the way to Peru. Listless and unsatisfied with any of them, he then trains to become a firefighter and he finds his place there, finds importance and meaning in this job.

Buck is always quick to action, and usually not to think. He's often the first to volunteer for anything, especially when it's dangerous. Initially when he's a newbie, he makes a lot of brash decisions. He still does, but he was much more thoughtless before, sometimes endangering others, one time beheading a snake. Though he's still reckless, now he only ever endangers himself. He is fearless, brave, and always ready and willing to sacrifice himself.

The main reason that he left his family home in Pennsylvania initially was that his parents were always neglectful or hostile to him. They instilled in him many insecurities and a constant need to prove himself and his own worth. One of his greatest desires is just for them to love him, and he is desperate for that relationship. It's revealed to him that his elder brother Daniel was diagnosed with childhood leukemia, and that Buck was conceived initially as a donor match for his brother. This has left him feeling that he and his life are expendable, which the other characters sometimes comment on.

A little bit desperate for approval and with a chip on his shoulder to try and prove himself, Buck is an absolute nightmare when given reins to act authoritatively. He is exceedingly lawful, follows rules to the letter, and is a general nuisance that his friends regret. He becomes upset over being passed over for interim captain in his captain's absence, despite being a firefighter for only five years. He is extremely confident in his abilities, usually bordering on overconfident.

He can be prideful, and boastful even of his adventures as a firefighter. But he is also not particularly humble in other aspects, such as his looks or in his love life.

Though his childhood was one marked by sadness and in his adult life he's gotten into many life-threatening accidents, he usually finds a way to stay positive. He's eager to smile and give a friendly ear or a helping hand, and he's generally quite easygoing. He values spending quality time with the people he loves, and he finds true happiness among his friends and found family.